rename DESKTOP icons on leopard

spunklemonkey · Dec 20, 2008, 12:33 PM

how do I rename icons on the desktop in leopard without using right click? Is there no way to do it? For instance theres the windows bootcamp drive there called untitled. Any way to rename icons on desktop?

Tallest Skil · Dec 20, 2008, 12:34 PM

Click once so it's highlighted. Click again and you'll get the name to be editable. Just don't do it quickly.

bartelby · Dec 20, 2008, 12:34 PM

Click once on the icon and hit Return

spunklemonkey · Dec 20, 2008, 01:52 PM

Ah I see. Apart from this doesnt work with the untitled drive I have, it works on normal icons but not on the windows bootcamp drive I want to rename. Is there no way to rename this icon without right clicking? Its the same as the mac hd, that cant seem to be renamed either from desktop. Where else can I change the name without right click?

sickmacdoc · Dec 20, 2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by spunklemonkey

Ah I see. Apart from this doesnt work with the untitled drive I have, it works on normal icons but not on the windows bootcamp drive I want to rename. Is there no way to rename this icon without right clicking? Its the same as the mac hd, that cant seem to be renamed either from desktop. Where else can I change the name without right click?

Well since you can't rename it from the desktop it must be formatted as NTFS. You can rename that while you are booted into Windows and it will still show the new name when you return to Mac OSX though.

If it were a FAT32 formatted volume you could name it just like any other icon on the Mac desktop. Personally, I just hid the icon itself since I did not need it on my desktop!

EDIT: BTW- you should be able to rename your Mac hard disk icon the same as any other icon on your desktop- click once to select it and press Enter (as was mentioned above by bartelby).

swiftaw · Dec 20, 2008, 02:51 PM

You can rename your bootcamp partition in Windows.

spunklemonkey · Dec 20, 2008, 06:03 PM

Thanks very much I understand now, yes it is ntfs so it cant be changed i just didnt think it would be the case with an icon. I think i might hide the icon although I was trying to use the mac with no right click but I think ill put right click on actually.

Ill change name from windows.

Thanks for the information!

Dec 20, 2008, 12:33 PM	#1
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Dec 20, 2008, 12:34 PM	#2
Tallest Skil Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 1 Geostationary Tower Plaza	Click once so it's highlighted. Click again and you'll get the name to be editable. Just don't do it quickly.
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Dec 20, 2008, 12:34 PM	#3
bartelby macrumors Core Join Date: Jun 2004	Click once on the icon and hit Return
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Dec 20, 2008, 01:52 PM	#4
spunklemonkey Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2008	Ah I see. Apart from this doesnt work with the untitled drive I have, it works on normal icons but not on the windows bootcamp drive I want to rename. Is there no way to rename this icon without right clicking? Its the same as the mac hd, that cant seem to be renamed either from desktop. Where else can I change the name without right click?
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Dec 20, 2008, 02:51 PM	#6
swiftaw macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Omaha, NE, USA	You can rename your bootcamp partition in Windows.
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Dec 20, 2008, 06:03 PM	#7
spunklemonkey Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2008	Thanks very much I understand now, yes it is ntfs so it cant be changed i just didnt think it would be the case with an icon. I think i might hide the icon although I was trying to use the mac with no right click but I think ill put right click on actually. Ill change name from windows. Thanks for the information!
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